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Wow! It feels so long since our last Wednesday Poetry Prompt (almost like another time and place), but it's only been a little over a month. So weird how time works at times. For this week's prompt, ...

For this week's prompt, write a fresh start poem. Today is the first day of 2025, so the year is a clean slate. But you don't have to write a 2025 poem; fresh starts can be made anywhere and in many ...

Three years ago, a young spoken word poet named Sarah Kay dazzled the TED Conference, earning two standing ovations. Her performance about writing poetry to entertain and educate has since received ...